Prospect und Grundriss der Keiserl, Freyen Reichs und Ansee Stadt Hamburg samt ihrer Gegend (Prospect and floor plan of the Keiserl, Freyen Reichs and Ansee city of Hamburg and their area)
Artist
Johann Baptist Homann
(1664 Germany - 1724 Nuremberg, Germany)
Date1730
Mediumengraving on paper
Dimensions22 1/2 × 26 in. (57.2 × 66 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation from the Lucia v. B. Batten Estate
Object numberPC2020.51.81
DescriptionThis map depicts Hamburg in Germany through a city grid, drainage, vegetation, and surrounding countryside as far south as Lüneburg. The Elbe River runs through the city. The map is colored in light pink, green, and yellow. Inside a thin pink box across the top of the map is the title. Below this, along the left end, there is a scale and a map key. Below the title on the right end, there is an untitled inset map of Hamburg and environs, enframed in a banner held up by cherubs. Across the bottom of the page, there is a black and white illustration of the city's riverfront with many ships in the foreground. In the lower left corner, there is an illustration of a queen holding a staff topped with the German imperial eagles. She is sitting on a throne of barrels and bundles of trade goods. A musician stands next to her, and Mercury or Hermes is hovering over her. He is wearing a winged helmet and holding a caduceus. In the right corner of the illustration, there is an image of Athena or Minerva wearing a helmet and holding a spear and shield.On View
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